Lloyd's Register Releases Guidance Notes For Inspection With UAS Major operators started adopting next generation drones and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) technology to significantly improve...

Dagan was a freighter, built by H.C. Stulchen Sohn at Hamburg, West Germany, and completed in November 1954.  It was registered at 5,099 gross...

A Wood-chip carrier of NYK Line rescued 14 people in distress off the Coast of Chile on 17th March 2016. The vessel, Hokuetsu Ushaka, received...

Whenever we sit on the coast staring at the wide sea where do you think you are looking at? This question might sound silly and...

  Jane Smallman CSci CMarSci FIMarEST was appointed 114th President of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) at its 127th Annual General Meeting...

Crowley Maritime Corporation reached another critical milestone with the recent setting of the main engine onto El Coquí, the first of two new, Commitment Class...

  Dear Mfame Readers, On monday, we read about the huge container vessel that broke into two.  Incase you have missed please click here for details. The...

Yes! Damen to Offer A New Lease Of Life To Laid Up PSVs Due to the recent decrease in oil prices, stand-still exploration projects, reduced...

The 50-year-old captain of a tugboat suffered a medical emergency and died as he was trying to dock the vessel in Haverstraw on the...

One of the most famous Titanic survivor stories is that of Charles Joughin.  Charles Joughin was the last person to leave the Titanic and...

A general cargo vessel departed port after loading cargo where the crew was religiously carrying out the vessel departure routines.  The main engine was...

French Navy Seized A Ship With Weapons A ship full of weapons, reportedly headed for Somalia, was intercepted and seized by French naval forces patrolling...

Somali pirates on trial in Paris for 2011 hijacking of yacht in Gulf of Aden. Seven Somali men have gone before a court in Paris,...

Wave Making Resistance - Best Example. Excerpts from the IMarEST Condition Based Maintenance Conference. While the 6th condition based maintenance conference came to an end, we...

One Important Test when the Purifier Suffers from Excess Sludge Formation. Excessive sludge generation in purifiers are not very uncommon.  If you check with any...

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) has completed and delivered M.V. Ionic Unicorn, the third Eco-Ship line up of neo series to Ionic...

We have heard of cases where hydrogen sulphide in marine fuel oils causes some health hazards and at times fatality.  This is a very...

British Tourist Rescued Like A Survivor Of The Titanic After A Swim Back To Cruise Ship Susan Brown, the British tourist who ‘threw herself into...

Carroll A. Deering was a five-masted commercial schooner.  The schooner was built in Bath, Maine in the year 1919 by G.G. Deering Company. The Deering...

Nigeria: Five Tanker Crew Members Kidnapped A pirate attack was reported on a tanker off Nigeria on 26th March 2016 where five crew members were...